Chapter 37: The New House
On the second day after returning to Kyoto from Jizhou, Mu Yan and Jiang Liyue both got up early in the morning, and while Spruce was grooming Jiang Liyue, he mentioned that he wanted to take her to see the old lady.
Jiang Liyue's originally leisurely body stiffened suddenly, and her heart also lifted, and in a blink of an eye, she saw the momentum of the upcoming sun outside the window, and hurriedly urged the spruce who was combing her hair bun on the side to be neater, Mu Yan saw the obvious panic on her face, and hurriedly explained: "Grandmother is not such an unreasonable person, you don't need to be nervous." ”
Jiang Liyue glanced at him with disgust, her voice was unusually delicate, and she could even hear a little coquettishness when she listened carefully: "If you had told me early last night, you wouldn't have been in such a hurry." ”
Mu Yan stood there in a bamboo blue regular clothes, but his face was calm: "It's okay, it will take some time for a woman to dress up, grandmother won't blame you and me, you just need to follow the usual mentality, and I will bear the rest for you." ”
How could she not be worried, a few days after she entered the house, she first saw the scene of Bai Gao's second family's daily troubles and vows to live and die, and then witnessed Gao's miscarriage and was framed by others, but it happened that the old lady encountered such a thing for the first time, and the impact was somewhat bad.
Seeing the old lady this time, she was only informed at the juncture, if the daughter-in-law really made the idea of asking for peace, she should hurry up, and now if she goes to ask for peace, wouldn't she even lose her sincerity, which Cheng thought that Mu Yan still looked calm and calm, Jiang Liyue had no choice but to bite her lower lip to relieve the tension, and all the people in her body were clamoring for her to face the difficulties head-on.
Mu Yan, who was originally waiting on the side, saw her small movements, and asked silently: "I bite my lip every time I am nervous, doesn't it hurt?" ”
Jiang Liyue first said "hmm" in confusion, and after a while, she realized that he meant something, so she hesitantly let go of her lips, although he diverted some of her attention, but she was not sure of the temperament of the old lady in the mansion, and she only felt that her temperament was weak last time, and the rest didn't seem to notice it, not to mention that she only listened to the words of the mother concubine in the Duanwang Mansion at the beginning, and she didn't know how to deal with it at all.
After entering the Mu Mansion, although she was not liked by the Bai family, and even the impression she left on the old lady was not very good, Jiang Liyue did not hope that she could please the old lady, but it was also the best policy to be peaceful.
At least it is not a bad thing to meet before changing mansions, and if the old lady is not as harsh on herself as Madame Bai, wouldn't it be a good thing.
After Jiang Liyue dressed up, she walked through the corridor with Mu Yanyi, and then entered the courtyard, only to find that although the layout of the old lady's house was very different from the bedroom she lived in, the inside was even larger, and even the sight was brighter, but the furnishings were very simple.
When Mu Yan and Jiang Liyue entered the back room, there were not many people waiting on the left and right, only a maid who was still young and pouring tea in front of her, and then there was a servant woman who looked old and was rubbing her shoulders and pinching her legs.
The old lady was sitting on a high couch in the back room, and when she heard the movement outside, she could shift her eyes to the two of them, and her blazing eyes swept over Jiang Liyue, her expression was difficult to distinguish between joy and anger, so that she was a little afraid to look at each other, and secretly picked up her heart, she lowered her eyes and walked to the kneeling couch that had been fully paved, knelt down on both knees, and after bowing to the old lady facing her, she presented a pair of Buddha beads selected with all her heart.
The room was quiet for a long time, Jiang Liyue didn't dare to make a sound because she couldn't understand her temperament, and the servant woman next to the old lady took away the Buddha beads when she was in turmoil.
Then, the little maid who was in charge of pouring tea came out from behind the screen behind the high couch with a red lacquer plate, on which a pair of mutton fat jade and a string of white jade bracelets were placed.
The objects are specially selected by the old lady for the younger generation.
"The old lady has a little heart, the young lady accepts it, get up." The little maid with the red lacquer plate said.
Mu Yan was already on the side of the old lady's hand at this moment, his eyes occasionally fell on Jiang Liyue, but he moved away in an instant, Jiang Liyue got up by the spruce after thanking him, and stood beside Mu Yan with his eyes down, and he didn't know how to open the conversation for a while.
After a while, she subconsciously felt that there was a burning gaze on her body, and she couldn't help but raise her eyes slightly, and she didn't want to meet the old lady's occasional glance.
Some time ago, when the old lady had never seen Jiang Liyue in Aunt Gao's house, she had already asked the specific situation of the servant woman serving beside her, and Jiang Mu's two families had been inextricably linked in the past.
When I saw it today, the old lady felt that she had missed something, that is, her appearance was rare, although she couldn't see any clues at first glance, but if she looked at it carefully, she could see that Jiang Liyue had the demeanor of the Lin family that day.
I saw it with my own eyes before I had this epiphany, when I first came in, the old lady felt that her eyes were bright, and the Duanwang Mansion had raised a pair of good children worthy of the name, although the last time I only hurried to see the real thing, but now at a glance, the old lady is satisfied from the bottom of her heart, mainly because of her dignified demeanor and very good looks.
The old lady has been traveling for a long time, and naturally likes some simple things, so the furnishings in the back room will be simple to this point, Xu is too complicated in the past, and the women in the mouth of Princess Duan do not let the eyebrows go, which is exactly the portrayal of her first half of her life.
Jiang Liyue glanced at her, not timid, just a little nervous and uncertain, other than that, it was all bright and calm, such a woman was delivered to Mu Yan, it was really a good match.
At the beginning of the marriage of the two families, Duanwangfu and her had their own considerations, but now this consideration is completely in line with her mind from the bright side, seeing that the two get along harmoniously, like a pair of wall people, she is naturally satisfied.
The back room was silent for a long time, and the old lady finally said the first sentence from the two of them entered: "I have seen my daughter-in-law, naturally I am very satisfied, Yan'er, you are tired when you go out these days, you should take advantage of nothing to rest, I am a little tired today, you can take her back first." ”
Mu Yan got up from the couch and said respectfully: "My grandson has retired, my grandmother will rest early, and my grandson will bring Yue'er to visit me another day." ”
Jiang Liyue naturally bowed down to say goodbye to the old lady, and when she saw Mu Yan staying and walking out, she mentioned Luo Skirt and walked out with him.
After seeing the old lady, it was naturally a matter of concern, although she was a little puzzled by the old lady's last words, but finally she was amnesty, and the two walked out of the corridor for a long time, and she asked with palpitations: "Yanlang, will grandmother not like my temperament?" ”
"How? Didn't your grandmother just say that she was very happy with you? You're used to worrying. Mu Yan also asked with some puzzlement.
Seeing Mu Yan's remarks, Jiang Liyue's hanging heart finally fell back to its original position steadily, and even the follow-up reading of the books became more energetic.
The days passed unhurriedly, Mu Yan and Jiang Liyue agreed on the date of moving the mansion after consultation, but they didn't know that Jiang Liyue originally thought that the days were still long, and the day of relocation came in an instant.
Mu Rufeng promised Mu Yan this new mansion, but it was a lot more magnificent, and it was not far from the Fanhua Market, so it was quiet in the middle of the noise, and even the spruce that was very picky about Mu Mansion at first was satisfied.
There is a bronze lion half a person high on the left and right sides of the house, the front hall is grand, and the courtyard walls are divided by various residences in the backyard, which is orderly and orderly, and the overall layout is very clear.
Looking outside, although it is ordinary, it is not much different from the ordinary courtyard, only to find that there is a hole in it, Jiang Liyue took the lead in taking the spruce with Handong to go around in the new mansion, and finally after discussing with Mu Yan, he chose an independent courtyard in the east of Chaoyang as a dormitory.
In addition to the dormitory, every place from the front hall to the back house is clean, after the spruce enters the house, when picking up Jiang Liyue's outfits, they simply put Mu Yan's outfits in the dormitory together, Handong is waiting for Jiang Liyue to trim on the side, when the three of them go back to the front hall, many servants are bowed down in the hall, Jiang Liyue glanced at a total of six pairs of servants, and everyone said hello: "Please young lady." ”
Although Jiang Liyue has been accustomed to supporting servants since she was a child, there were only spruce and Han Dong in front of her when she was in Mu Mansion. ”
Spruce's gaze swept over them one by one, and he ordered, "Go down." ”
After the people scattered and acted separately, Jiang Liyue walked to Mu Yan's side, found another chair to sit down, rubbed his fingertips against the table, and said after a while: "Yanlang, I bothered you with your father-in-law for this mansion." ”
"Originally, it was done, but it was delayed for a few days because of the situation in the house, and a few days ago I condescended to the house, but I was wronged by you, and now with this mansion, you can come according to your own wishes, and the future affairs of this mansion will be handed over to you."
Jiang Liyue bowed slightly, and gave a color to the spruce waiting beside her, and after she retreated, Jiang Liyue pondered for a while before speaking: "Although the waterlogging in Jizhou has been solved now, there are still some disasters, what is Yan Lang's plan?" ”
Jizhou is at the junction of the land boundary, not to mention a waterlogging disaster to make the state capital suffer a heavy loss, the most important thing is that the imperial court will lose the people's hearts sooner or later, if the border Hu people take advantage of the weakness, the city of Jizhou can not be prevented, and it may be captured in one fell swoop when the disaster arises again, although it is not suitable for the deep boudoir woman, but now that the new emperor is in power, according to the memory of the previous life, Jiang Liyue has been able to expect that his own Langjun This career is not very smooth.
But after all, the political affairs of the court are outside the scope of her involvement, what she knows and hears is a superficial layer, naturally she can mention what she can mention, and the rest can only look at creation.